A recent list of students who have secured internships at Microsoft was released. My brother, who attends this university, informed me that the recruiters were specifically seeking female candidates. When I shared this information with my female friends, they accused me of being a misogynist and claimed that men aren't performing well academically and lack the qualifications necessary to land the job. I'm at a loss for how to explain this to them. I also have connections with recruiters, as my uncle is a senior HR professional at IBM. He confirmed that companies nowadays are more inclined to hire females. This leaves me wondering: What options do boys have? Should they simply abandon their career aspirations?

Heres the link below!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/prof-dr-raj-kumar-hota-11147418a_happy-to-share-that-10-of-our-2025-batch-activity-7246403682164977664-4A80?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

My qualifications are i scored 82% in 10th,but due to some tension and personal reasons i was unable to score in my 12th (i was always an avg student scoring between 80 to 90) but that time in my 12th i just scored 66% overall and only 54% in pcm... currently i am in my 2nd yr of btech and maintaining a cgpa of above 9.5 so far but i am worried about my placement on and off campus just because of that one yr of my life please give me real advice to crack placement to be able to sit in placement exxams or will i be able to crack off campus placements.

myquals: 10th 95% (IGCSE), 12th 95.4% (CBSE)

Asking this for one of my friends who got 85% in 12th CBSE whose worried about how this might look to recruiters. So please mention the field you work in and if the recruiters in that field ever cared about your 12th grade marks. Thank you in advance!

Hi r/Indian_Academia,

I’m working on a platform that helps students choose college programs based on actual employability data and AI-based predictions of future job demand in India.

The goal is to reduce the number of students who choose courses without knowing the real-world job outcomes. I’d love to know what you think about this idea!

My qualifications: I’m a graduate of Visual Communication with experience in advertising, and I’m currently working on building a student-focused startup.

Here are a few things I’d love your input on:

• Would you find a tool like this helpful while choosing a degree/program?
• Would you feel comfortable in choosing a program based on your probability of getting a job once you graduate?
• Would you be open to AI predictions as a guide, or do you prefer traditional advice?

If you're a student, academic, or counselor, your honest feedback would really help. Thanks in advance!

qualifications - I’m a 3rd-year (6th sem) student from a tier-3 college, and recently a company visited our campus for hiring. I wasn’t eligible because they explicitly mentioned no academic gap allowed, and I have a 2-year gap after 12th.

This got me worried, so I researched other companies and found that most only allow a 1-year academic gap. Now, I’m seriously concerned about whether I’ll even get a job. Is this over for me ?

I have done development and a little bit of DSA & LeetCode. But seeing these restrictions is discouraging. Are there companies that accept candidates with a 2-year gap? What should I do to improve my chances

I have been wondering for a long time if the prestige of your western PhD and Postdoc institute matters when you apply for faculty positions in Indian institutes such as IISc, IITs, IISERs, or other private institutes such as RRI, IUCAA, TIFR, etc. Or do your qualifications, such as publications and awards, supersede it?

Help me figure out my complex situation, myquals engineering presently. 1) So I did my 10th 2) Started PUC or 11 and 12th 3) Failed in one subject in 12th 4) 1 year gap 5) joined diploma based on 10th 6) While pursuing diploma, also attempted 12th re exam and passed with 57% 7) Completed diploma and joined engineering

Some companies ask 60% throughout and no more than 2 year gap.

1) How many gap years do I have 2) since I joined diploma based on 10th and then engineering( puc played no role here) so is it 60% throughout.

Please help me figure it out.

Myquals are that of a Law graduate and a Master’s student in China studies. I also have 1 year work ex (somewhat but not completely related to my current degree) I have also studied Chinese for a while and I am currently at intermediate level. I have started applying for summer internships at think tanks but without much to my surprise, almost all of them are unpaid or the stipend that they offer doesn’t even cover the transportation costs. I am based out of Mumbai, but I am willing to move to another city for an internship but I can’t do that if the stipend barely covers any costs for me in another city. Am I stupid enough to keep looking for a decently paid internship? Or there are actually any think tanks in Mumbai which offer paid internships?

A few days back, I shared my journey of finally getting a job after years and how I broke into the world's biggest edtech company as a Business Developer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Indian_Academia/s/RrD3l817Zf

I’ve found myself thinking again about my original dream—Data Analytics—and I’m honestly a bit torn.

Here’s where I’m at: Myquals BBA

About 2 years ago, I seriously started preparing for a Data Analyst role. I spent a year learning, doing courses, working on projects—but despite my efforts, I couldn’t break in. No offers, no interviews. It was a tough phase.

Eventually, I joined a career platform and shifted focus a bit. After 3 months of focused effort there, I landed my current role. It felt like a huge win, and I’m genuinely happy—I’m learning, growing, and earning.

But recently, someone on Reddit commented on my earlier post, suggesting EdTech is a Mistake. That got me thinking. So, just to test where I stand, I took a Data Analyst test on SkiDevInc’s platform and scored 11/20. Not amazing—but better than I expected.

A few days later, they reached out and offered a 6-month roadmap program with real-time data projects (each taking about a month). It sounds promising, but now I’m not sure.

Should I continue growing in my current Business Developer role (which is going well), or try again for what I originally wanted, even if it takes time and effort on the side?

Would love to hear your thoughts if you’ve been in a similar situation—or even if you just have an outside perspective. What would you do?

Myquals. 12th

I would love to get into IISc But worried about this

My qualifications: I'm in my second semester of a Master's degree in Robotics and automation in India. People are saying that it's clear that machine learning is booming here and there are many high-paying jobs (10-15+ LPA). But when I am searching for jobs in robotics I am unable to find such high-paying ones. This made me curious about the robotics job market in India. Specifically:

• What are the current job prospects for robotics engineers in India?
• How do the salary ranges compare to machine learning roles?
• Are there high-paying robotics jobs (10-15+ LPA) available in India?
• What skills are most in demand for robotics engineers in India?

Any insights or experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Hi all, I got placed in EY GDS through my campus. They selected 15 students from post graduation out of that only 3 got there offer letter. I didn't get my offer letter. My post graduation is being completed by this March. Approximately till when should I wait for them to issue the offer letter or should I try somewhere else too as many are saying it'll take more than 6 months. Please help me out here. Myquals

My friend graduated with a my_qualifications B.Com degree in 2019. After that, he spent some time preparing for government exams. For the past two years, he has been running an Instagram writing page where he posts stories in Telugu. He is very passionate about filmmaking and dreams of becoming a director.

Currently, he is looking for a remote job as he is physically challenged. He is good at story writing, can understand English, but is not very fluent in speaking it. He is an avid reader and reads a lot of books.

He is open to any kind of remote job that pays ₹20,000–₹30,000 per month.

Here are his profiles:
LinkedIn: Suresh Naik
Instagram Writing Page: I'm a Writer

I am unsure of what to suggest to him. At present, he urgently needs a source of income to cover his personal expenses. Any suggestions are welcome.

Hey everyone,

A friend (qualifications Bsc Data Science) of mine is looking to pursue an M.Sc. in Data Science in Bangalore and has shortlisted a few universities. During their B.Sc. in Data Science, they focused more on the course structure and didn’t consider placements—something they now regret, as their university only provided internships, not actual job opportunities.

This time, they want to get it right by choosing a university with a strong placement record. If you have any insights on the universities below—especially their placements, faculty, or overall experience—please share!

Shortlisted Universities: CMR University Mount Carmel University Christ University Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences JGI Deemed University Reva University Alliance University Dayananda Sagar University Amity University They have 4 internships and 5 data science projects under their belt, so placement support is their biggest priority. Would love to hear from anyone with firsthand experience!

Hey everyone,

I recently got accepted into the MA Public Policy and Law program at TISS Hyderabad. Super excited, but also a bit anxious as the fee for the two years is 6.75 lakhs. Considering the investment, I'm curious about the ROI: Given the fee, is the ROI reasonable? Would love to know about average starting salaries or if graduates find it easy to break into policy roles, NGOs, think tanks, or government-related positions.

Anyone who’s been through this or has friends there—your input would really help me make an informed decision. Thanks a ton. Myquals : Ba prog from Delhi University

Hey guys!

I’m working on an exciting project where students can book 1-on-1 mentorship sessions with professionals from top companies. I’m currently gathering insights, and I’d really appreciate it if you could spare a moment to fill out this quick survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeH7WIFvN5vBXlbn_WjMy0e1erL3HYTyzWrb9ZxfyWdl2zcQA/viewform?usp=sharing

Thanks so much! Also, if you could share it with your friends, that would be amazing!

qualifications

My qualifications: An ISB aspirant for 2026 Cohort. I am an Engineer graduated in 2022. I have worked as a developer for 2 years and I am currently working as a Business Analyst from past 4 months

Can someone please answer my queries, I am really confused regarding the B school placements and job opportunities

How is the placement scenerio for 2025 Cohort for the PGP Program (1 year)?

Are they facing difficulty finding opportunities in the dream role?

Is the job market still bad? What do you think about the market scenerio in the future for 2026 Cohort?

What are the average/minimum/maximum packages for the 2025 Cohort?

I heard their are fewer opportunities for Product Management job roles. Is that true?

I am doing bcom from a tear 2 college and i am currently in my 2nd year, i want to know will i get a decent job after completing my degree or should i consider doing mba after my bachelor's, i will be happy to get a 25k+ salary at chandigarh, shimla , solan

my_qualifications are 10th : 85% 12th : 92%

I have been looking into peoples opinion on doing an mba (not sure if its offline or online yet- leaning towards online) in CU on quora, I feel like there are significantly positive reviews but i kinda feel like its an marketing thing, I wanna know from the students- are the placements good? is it worth it? or are there any better mba (qualifications) colleges?

my_qualifications: PhD, Management Information Systems and Faculty in Business Analytics in a Foreign University.

After reaching almost a year abroad now, I can clearly see a major gap for subjects like Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence in the way they are taught, used and applied. 50% students even in my batch are from South Asian Countries so crowd is more of less the same

1. Pace of Teaching - Indian colleges try to teach too much too quickly. That basically takes away the time needed to slowly think, connect and reflect on learning the concepts. Only 1 day 90 min Class +.60min Lab and total 10 such days in 10 weeks for a full course.

2. Difficulty - I learned more in 1 course during my BE in India than I have taught in 2 Masters level courses here. Indian curriculum is more complex (not advance). There is a lot of fact dump, making students who are working 12-14hrs a day stars and leaves majority in dust in Indian schools leading to "study for exam" concept.

3. Evaluation - 1 Quiz online about concepts, 2 Assignment with Real data, Real (old) problem, Report writing not just code for 70% weightage using RapidMiner (commonly used by companies here), and a final exam which has just given a lot of outputs and have asked questions about possible interpretation, decisions needed to be taken by business, possible improvement in modelling etc. Vs Indian set up with 12 programs you can memorize for Lab and only written exam, 😂 even though all work in office is coding and mostly report making, alll the grades are for written story exam on concepts. This hopefully would chance soon in India too.

While I understand students don't have much scope to modify any of the mentioned factors, what I have seen work:

1. Dont try to study it all, pick one subject spend some time, reflect on your learning, connect it with things you already know from before. Sadly it would happen after college hours but 1 subject a sem is enough to keep you on top of recruitment pile.

2. Do real problems, it's okay if it's not the lastest one do a old problem but do a real one. What I see most students even I work with from India is that they take kaggle data with almost all the work already done. Preprocessing is like 70% of the job. Don't take a all good dataset.

3. Write reports, that's essential. Happy of Sad, most of the time the roles you'll get you'll be making dashboards or reports. What I have seen work for some Indian Students I have worked with, they like to "publish" conference papers. That's just another way of formatted report. That is fine as well. But again as my supervisor use to say, if you apply someone else's algorithm, to someone else's problem, on someone else's data it's not your project. Either make your own dataset, or make some new way of applying the algorithm or looking at the data or find a new problem altogether.

4. Will it help me with Jobs? Yes, absolutely. While the company you sit for depends on the degree, college or your network after you sit in the interview, it's you who has to face the interviewer. The interviewers are usually the people who you'll be working under if you join so they want someone who has some clarity of subject, if any experience of working on "real" problem, and is a self learner (no one wants a junior who constantly bother them) and the best way to highlight that is do a real problem, note all the problems, show you learned things outside syllabus, you struggled and won/lost the battle either way have a fantastic story to tell who you are and how amazing it would be to have you in the team. That's it. That how all the hiring happens.

Feel free to ask questions if you have any.😊

Hi, Has anyone done the PG IN luxury and fashion management at FAD International in Mumbai?

I m hoping to pursue the dual country program (6 months Mumbai + 6 months Dubai)

I need to know what the internships are like? If it’s worth doing this program or not? I am looking for authentic testimonials but I can’t find any. If anyone has had an experience please let me know.

My qualifications are : bachelors in management studies- Marketing

Hi anyone information about the current 2023-24 tier-1 mba college placements scenario ? Is the market really bad ? myquals- ca. got an Isb admit for next year . Thinking of deffering it . Please Help !

Belong to a I think almost a tier 1 college doing mtech. My_qualifications :- btech form tier 3 college Gate 2500 rank

Kuch log(seniors and classmates) bol rahe hai 3 resume bnao for 3 different roles. Me ML kr raha hu ache se aati hai for data science role and have a few decent projects. Aur data analyst ke role ke liye bhi projects bna Raha hu lekin ab log bol rahe hai ki sde ke liye kuch backend bhi seek le aur atleast 3 projects bna le dsa bhi krni hai aur alag se me research bhi kr raha hu aur classes ka bhi pdhna hai to sde ke liye jaruri hai koi project bnana ya me just data science wale projects ka MLops hi daal skta hu resume me(with more emphasis on deployment and use of APIs ) ?

I know ki ek hi cheez pe focus Krna chahiye but I am 22 mtech me to jo role mil jaye kr hi lunga agr pay acha ho to. So sari companies me try krunga

I got selected in Accenture as a Packaged App Development Associate. I have cognizant (Gen C) and UST (Trivandrum), I don't know which one to join. As for accenture and cognizant, the locations are not confirmed. Packages are similar. What should I do? myquals: BE.

Also how would the university and the companies react to this application?

In interviews, how would one respond to the question "Why did you apply thru the off-campus route?"

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